WASH Expert, RIVER-CEMRCB Project (Disaster Risk Management)

Job description

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential. About the programme: BRAC created the Disaster Risk Management Programme (DRMP) to strengthen community resilience through disaster risk reduction and preparedness along with emergency response and recovery actions. Project brief: the World Bank-funded and LGED-implemented Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project aims to reduce community vulnerability to riverine and flash floods, strengthen disaster preparedness and response capacity, and enable rapid responses to emergencies, across flood-prone districts in the Teesta-Brahmaputra-Jamuna, Padma and Surma-Meghna basins. The Community Engagement, Mobilisation and Resilience Capacity Building (CEMRCB) component focuses on community engagement, consultation, mobilisation and capacity development for long-term flood resilience. Job purpose: the overall purpose of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Expert position is to enhance community resilience for potential disasters by developing a WASH strategy that addresses the WASH needs of the community in the shelters and promotes sustainable and equitable access to water, sanitation and hygiene services. Job category: project staff for a specific project. Contract duration: the initial contract will be 1 year; based on performance, the contract may be extended. This position is open to Bangladeshi nationals only. Selected candidates will go through a rigorous reference and background checking process, which may include police verification. BRAC does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments to identify the WASH needs of the community, including water supply, sanitation facilities, and hygiene practices, during the disaster period and in the post-disaster scenario.
• Facilitate community engagement by working with community members to identify the WASH needs and priorities, and by ensuring that their voices are heard in activity planning and decision-making.
• Develop WASH strategies that address the WASH needs of the community in the shelters and promote sustainable and equitable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services.
• Develop a strategy and prepare materials on behavioral change communication (BCC), including improvement of nutrition, WASH practices (personal hygiene, hand washing with soap, menstrual hygiene etc.), use of safe water, and elimination of open defecation.
• Support the community to understand the basics of shelter management and develop a collective plan for evacuee and shelter management with designated roles and responsibilities.
• Monitor and evaluate the WASH impacts of community engagement, mobilization, resilience, and capacity building activities, including collecting and analyzing data and making recommendations for improvement.
• Provide technical assistance and support to team members and stakeholders to help them implement WASH strategies and effectively engage with community members.
• Any other task assigned by the project Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, and the project focal of BRAC for efficient, effective, and timely implementation of the project.
• Safeguarding: ensure the safety of programme participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA); practice and promote the safeguarding policy and follow the safeguarding reporting procedure.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, Public Health Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Studies from any recognised discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of work experience in a relevant field.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and facilitation skills.
• Good communication skills in both English and Bengali and context analysis skills.
• Training module development, training delivery, influencing strategy development.
• Project planning and organizational skills.
• Sound knowledge of national and international policies and practices of WASH.
• Sound knowledge of computer (MS Word, spreadsheet, PowerPoint).
• Understanding of advocacy, campaigning, and communications and how they contribute to achieving programme goals.
• Proven experience in WASH and DRR resilience building issues and capacity building activities.
• Ability to represent the project at various levels.
• Strong ability and proven track record in capacity need assessment and influencing.
• Strong communication ability to work with different stakeholders such as ministries and the private sector.
• Ability to prepare high quality reports and presentations for a range of key audiences.
• Demonstrated ability in the design and effective use of training materials.
• Willingness to work in a harsh environment.
• Open to Bangladeshi nationals only.

Benefits

• Festival Bonus
• Health and Life Insurance and others as per policy

Skills

• Community Engagement
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• MS Office
• Training Delivery
• WASH